"Wait, where-where did these blueprints come from?"
The voice startled everyone, breaking their concentration. They turned around, only to discover it was General Li.
Ji Ting gave him a stern look. "Save your questions for the end. Please leave."
After saying that, he turned back to the screen. "Based on the numerical simulations and virtual testing data currently available, who can tell me this engine's maximum thrust?"
The laboratory fell silent for a few seconds before a researcher wearing glasses raised a hand. "At standard performance, a single engine should reach twenty-nine tons."
"Should?"
That single word weighed a thousand pounds. The researcher swallowed with difficulty. "It will reach twenty-nine tons."
This time, Ji Ting finally nodded. "Our Sixth-Generation Fighter has heightened their anxiety, so the U.S. side sacrificed some dynamic balance to surpass us in thrust. That not only increases costs and the risk of failure, but also leaves their thrust-to-weight ratio severely inadequate in extreme combat conditions."
"So when they restart the NGAD Project next year, they'll scrap this design."
They weren't going to use it?
Everyone froze at his words. Had Teacher Ji brought this out so they could correct the mistakes in the Americans' homework?
Meanwhile, General Li had left the room, but his mind was still fixed on those blueprints.
Seeing how distracted he looked as he came out, Shen Lin said with a smile, "Now you understand why I just..."
Before he could finish, General Li suddenly strode toward the exit.
"Where are you going?"
The two left the testing grounds. General Li never slowed, heading straight for the classified records room.
When he finally pulled up the blueprints they had gone through countless hardships to obtain, his brow, which had remained furrowed the entire way, tightened even further.
The engine blueprints on the